• DocumentCode
    3178171
  • Title

    Adaptive Reed-Solomon decoding using Gao´s algorithm

  • Author

    Komo, John J. ; Joiner, Laurie L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Clemson Univ., SC, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    7-10 Oct. 2002
  • Firstpage
    1340
  • Abstract
    Gao´s algorithm for decoding Reed-Solomon codes is considered here. This algorithm is a new algorithm that computes the message polynomial estimate directly without explicitly finding error locations or error magnitudes. A generalized-minimum-distance (GMD) decoding procedure is used in conjunction with Gao´s algorithm for efficiently decoding Reed-Solomon codes. It is shown here that the decoder polynomial only has to be slightly modified as the number of erasures is increased for each step of the generalized-minimum-distance decoding.
  • Keywords
    Reed-Solomon codes; adaptive codes; decoding; military communication; polynomials; GMD decoding; Gao algorithm; Reed-Solomon codes; adaptive Reed-Solomon decoding; decoder polynomial; erasures; generalized-minimum-distance decoding; message polynomial estimate; military communication; Decoding; Encoding; Equations; Fourier transforms; Geometry; Interpolation; Polynomials; Reed-Solomon codes; Research initiatives; Shift registers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    MILCOM 2002. Proceedings
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7625-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MILCOM.2002.1179675
  • Filename
    1179675